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MOA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("moa" is a kind of...):

flightless bird; ratite; ratite bird (flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moa"):

Dinornis giganteus; giant moa (the largest moa; about 12 feet high)

anomalopteryx; Anomalopteryx oweni (the smallest moa; slender moa about the size of a large turkey)

Holonyms ("moa" is a member of...):

Dinornithidae; family Dinornithidae (moas)

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